Fishing Lake Tobesofkee

AKA: Tobesofkee Reservoir

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Lake Tobesofkee, GA

Popular Fish Species Lake Tobesofkee, GA

Lake Tobesofkee Popular Fish - Black Crappie

Black Crappie Fishing

Lake Tobesofkee holds a plentiful population of black crappie, which are fat and healthy this year. Crappie fishing is easy and requires simple, basic gear. Any fishing pole, reasonably small line and crappie jigs or small hooks baited with live bait, creates the ideal setup. Add a bobber and you can set the depth you prefer the bait to maintain. The best time to catch crappie tends to be at dawn and dusk. Live bait and small jigs are the most common method for crappie here. Because crappie always like cover and structure, so locate brush and vegetation. Using a fish finder can help locate schools of crappie, which tend to stack vertically around cover. In spring and fall focus on the 8 to 12 foot range. As the crappie move deep in summer and winter, follow points out deep, as well as find ledges near channels in deeper water.

Lake Tobesofkee Popular Fish - Largemouth Bass

Largemouth Bass Fishing

Lake Tobesofkee is a popular bass fishing lake in the area. Anglers are catching bass in good numbers with largemouth bass in the 3 to 5-pound range showing up with some regularity. A history of careful fisheries management by the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division has helped to maintain a thriving bass fishery. Recent results by bass fishing tournament participants, attest to the fact that fishing for largemouth bass has been quite rewarding, with an occasional bass over 6 pounds being weighed in. In Lake Tobesofkee, bass often move shallow and become fairly aggressive when they are in a feeding mood. If they seem disinterested in your presentations, try slowing down and use smaller, lighter baits. Use shallow crankbaits around rip rap. Around grass, use worms, jigs, topwater and spinnerbaits. In deeper water, drop shot rigs, big worms, jigs and spoons are good options. In winter, spend your time fishing deeper structure where the bass spend much of their time.

Lake Tobesofkee Popular Fish - Striped Bass

Striped Bass Fishing

Due to their large size, striped bass are a favorite of many locals and fishing guides at Lake Tobesofkee. They are plentiful, run in schools and can grow to bragging size. In Spring and Fall work the upper end of the lake where water is flowing into the lake. Look for deeper water in the river channel, as a holding place for stripers. In Summer and Winter, stripers hang out in deeper water during the day Morning often draws the stripers to much shallower water, look for them from the surface down to around the 20-foot range as they feed on shallow-running schools of bait. The lake is filled with plenty of baitfish and sunfish to to keep the fishery thriving. Being successful at fishing for stripers is a matter of locating schools of bait, and the wolf packs of stripers which are likely to be nearby. Fish finders, and forward facing sonar, are a big help in locating these roaming schools. Live bait is very effective here, and stripers can be caught year round.

Lake Tobesofkee Fishing Video

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, redbreast sunfish, redear sunfish, rock bass, spotted sunfish, warmouth, hybrid striped bass and chain pickerel at Lake Tobesofkee in Georgia.

Conveniently located 5 miles west of Macon, Lake Tobesofkee is an 1,750-acre reservoir in central Georgia. The rag-tag shape of the lake creates 35 miles of shoreline for anglers to explore. There are 2 boat ramps, a marina and resources for everything you need for camping, boating and fishing. The most popular fish species here are bass, crappie and hybrid striped bass. Other species that thrive here include chain pickerel, catfish, bream and other sunfish.

Primary fish species residing in Lake Tobesofkee

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Lake Tobesofkee Amenities

Marina: YES
Boat Rental: YES
Boat Launch Ramp: YES
Campgrounds: NO
RV Hookups: NO
Lodging: NEARBY
Convenience Store: YES
Bait & Tackle: YES
Restaurant: YES

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Fishing Boat Rentals

Central Georgia Marina
Rentals: Pontoon boats
478 474-9995

Public Boat Launch Ramps & Landings

Arrowhead Park Boat Launch Ramp
Located mid lake, on the south side of the lake, off Arrowhead Drive, this is a three-lane, concrete ramp with docks and paved parking.

Central Georgia Marina Boat Launch Ramp
Located in the northeast corner of the lake, off Mosley Dixon Road, this is an eight-lane, concrete ramp with docks and paved parking.

Flintrock Park Boat Launch Ramp
Located in the southeast section of the lake, off Gates Road, this is a six-lane, concrete ramp with docks and paved parking.

Marinas

Central Georgia Marina
6500 Moseley Dixon Rd
Macon, GA 31220
478 474-9995